EACC Investigates Principals After Parents Pay Up to Ksh150K for Form One Admissions
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission initiated inquiries into allegations stating that school principals were requesting payments from parents in return for Form One admission letters.
On Friday, the anti-corruption agency announced that it had received numerous complaints from parents concerned about being targeted by dishonest school administrators.
During the press briefing, Eric Ngumbi, the spokesperson for EACC, highlighted that certain school leaders were requesting as much as Ksh150,000 in return for an acceptance letter.
“We have cases where principals are demanding money ranging from Ksh10,000 to Ksh150,000 depending on the level of school and also depending on how greedy the principal is,” EACC Eric Ngumbi noted.
He encouraged parents to notify authorities if they encountered instances where school principals requested payment in return for admission letters.
“Principals are now emerging in the group of corrupt persons. I don’t know whether one may want to say that it is their season because this is the time when form ones are being admitted,” Ngumbi denoted.
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“It is very embarrassing and immoral. What we urge parents to do is to let us know any Principal or person who is either soliciting or accepting bribes,” Ngumbi remarked and disclosed that a principal of a leading girls’ school was under EACC’s radar.
Form One students are scheduled to report to schools on Monday, January 15.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu officially announced the admission date while unveiling the 2024 Form One selection and placement results at Lenana School in Nairobi on December 18.
“Upon downloading the joining instructions, the candidate must present the letter to the head teacher of the primary school where they sat their KCPE Examination for authentication,” Machogu noted.
“Principals are advised to confirm that letters presented to them belong to learners who will strictly be on their selection list.”
He additionally instructed Regional Directors of Education and County Education Directors to guarantee that school principals do not enforce extra charges on parents that exceed the Ministry of Education’s specified amounts.
EACC Investigates Principals After Parents Pay Up to Ksh150K for Form One Admissions